The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-25
re IoURNAL.
An express Office has just been es-
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order Of thinEs AMI indicate spring
instead Of fail.
Val. Eberhardt aud family lei
yesterday b. visit his brother join
near tilasco, Kansas.
Abilene has reduced the price q
shaving 70 ten cents. That's on
point ahead Of salina.
i J. Z. seaver. one Of the local edit
ors Of the Herald, has severed IN
connection with that I,aper.
Miss Laura McAdaIns has return
ed from a pleasant six-weeks' visi
with friends and relatives in Ohio.
Rev }. n. lockwood, presiding
elder Of the Salina district, will ded.
ieaie the new NJ =. church at Cul.
yer. Ottawa county, tomorrow.
l.. 7. Yount, Of Valencia, thi.
county, J. W. Yount, Of Salina and
F. A Hount. Of Wichita, had a re-
union in this city yes.erday.-Tope-
IA Capital
W r. Gilbert, Of this city, has
been awarded the contract for build
ing four depots for the 4. r. west Of
Lincoln Center. The contract price
Is 5000 for the whole number.
Mr.. :. Ekstrand aud daughter
Hannah departed on the morning
train for Window. They will he
absent about a week visiting friends
at Window, LindsbOrg. BRIDGEPORT
and Assaria.
The young ladies Of the present
day spend most OF their time i'm con-
jugating the verb TO love" There
T. only one question that will rouse
them from this ecestsfsy and that is.
as be rich?r
Reuben King, who lives half a
mile south Of Gypsum City, informs
the Echo that his corn will weld
him fifty bushels To the acre. We
hear Of very many fields OF corn in
Saline county that will make from
thirty &c fifty bushels per acre.
The township elections for the
solomon Valley, Gypsum aud Gull
railroad have gone about half one
way and half the other. In Saline
county Eureka township carried the |
proposition and Dayton and Solo /
mon defeated IL. Ga Dickinson and
Ottawa counties a Is well toward
being an even thing.
Several citizens complain thai
Thieves are stealing their GRAPES and
other fruit. One gentleman saw
that several bushels have been stolen
from his yard. This scandalous anu
wholesale thicving il deserving al
the severest punishment Steps ar,
being taken To apprehend the thieve,
aud ii will go hard with them If
caught
Dick league and a. J. Sawin left /
this morning for York city, Nebras-
ka, 10 look after sume feeding LOT
81 cattle, and-also feed. They eX
Isect 60 feed one thousand head OF
cattle this winter, but will take them
farther west, where feed is more
plentiful. This will h. "a winter tn
make money out oT cattle il thev
can be handled
\ sociahlr was given last evening
by Mr.. and Mrs. Flanders, AT Topeka.
and was attended hy Miss Maugie
Flanders, Of Salina, "A niece of the
parties. II was party for the little
ones. The Topeka folks have visited
their relatives here un several os-a-
sions. The table was beautifully
decorated with wild flowers, and lee.
cream, cake and fruits we're served.
Geo. r. Slick, who owns a farm
near Bennington, brings In to-day
samples Of corn ia the ear as fine a.
We have ever seen. There IL not
defect or Flemish Of any kind i'm
any Of the ears and they are mann
mnth-sized. Tie says me mas 100
acres Of this eOrn-some Of which
will average ~ bushels, and all Of il
al least 90 bushels per acre. He has
farmed on the same place nine years
and has had nine good crops.
The excavation work for the mill
tary academy is about completed,
and the stone work will be commenc-
e'l i'm a few days. Seventh, Eighth
and Ninth streets are graded clear
through 60 the college campus, and
Santa Re IL also, with the exception
Of the crossing az the Lincoln
branch. The street called league
Avenue, running east and west inn
mediately ia front Of the grounds, Is
all graded, and the grounds in that
vicinity begin 10 have a finished
appearance.
Justice Wellington has been wres-
thing with Lark ". Lark. Decree o;
divorce was rendered at the late
term Of the District Court and in the
adjustment the farm, located about
six miles west of the city, was given
Co Mr.. Lark. Mrs. Lark resides on
the farm and refuses TO give il up,
and the suit l. In eiectment. The
defendant claims the Justice has no
jurisdiction, and that officer has
taken the matter under advisement
till Monday.
October q 10 10 the Young Mems
Christian Association of Kansas
will hold their sixth annual couven-
ton al Wichita. The persons tspec-
tally invited are: Five hundred
young men, who really want 90 be
soul winners; one hundred pastors,
Whs desire 20 make the church
strong and vigorous with young
manhood, one hundred mothers and
sisters Who wish 20 make the home
safe. The Y. M. e. a. of Wichita
have the walls 81 their building NJ
and Il will be doubtless be ready for
the assemhlage. The state report
shows a healthy condition Of the as
snriation. Saliua T. Ia the second
district and but two places in the
district, Topeka and Clay Center,
present a larger membership. Salipa